Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Desperately \Des"per*ate*ly\, adv.
   In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety;
   recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.

         She fell desperately in love with him.   --Addison.

Source : WordNet®

desperately
     adv 1: with great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently";
            "the soil desperately needed potash" [syn: {urgently}]
     2: in intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her
        mother"